Issue 503 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
June 2017
Homelessness
The market is broken. The price of housing is through the roof. Social housing is neglected.
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Civil war, mental illness, poverty, gang violence: the many roots of homelessness
We talked to homeless in different countries and they revealed housing insecurity's different causes around the world.
Escape to the street
More and more young people are becoming homeless across the West. Catherine Yeomans reports on how to tackle the issue
How do you break the homelessness cycle?
Sian Griffiths reports on a no-nonsense movement which is reshaping traditional solutions to chronic homelessness
Homelessness – the facts
Everything you need to know about homelessness, from this month's magazine.
The right way to rewrite NAFTA
What is an internationalist to make of Donald J Trump’s vow to blow up the North American Free Trade Agreement? Mark Engler asks.
This is Congo's top environmental defender: Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo
He puts his life on the line to protect the Democratic Republic of Congo's national parks.
When the lake ran dry
Amy Booth visits a Bolivian isolated indigenous community fallen on hard times, striving to keep their culture alive
Worldbeaters: the contrived grandeur of North Korea's Kim family
Kim Jong-un's headline grabbing aggressive irrationalism takes some beating (though he might have met his match in recent times...
India’s ‘Smart City’ plan stumbles over slums
India's $15 billion grand project to transform cities into models of tech and infrastructural innovation is already in trouble....
Meet those fighting sand-dredging in Cambodia
A source of corruption and environmental degradation. Rod Harbinson reports.
A marathon without finish: Nigeria's fight against polio
The end of the battle against polio might be in sight, but violence and public mistrust are creating yet more obstacles. Laura...